Mies van der rohe designed this chair for his german pavilion at the barcelona exposition of 1929.
Ludwig mies van der rohe chairs.
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The spanish king alfonso xiii was expected to attend the opening of the world s fair and as mies later stated.
The barcelona chair is a chair designed by mies van der rohe and lilly reich citation needed for the german pavilion at the international exposition of 1929 hosted by barcelona catalonia spain.
The chair was first used in villa tugendhat a private residence designed by mies in brno czech republic.
Ludwig mies van der rohe m iː s meess.
He was commonly referred to as mies his surname along with alvar aalto le corbusier walter gropius and frank lloyd wright he is regarded as one of the pioneers of modernist architecture.
Ludwig mies he added his mother s surname van der rohe when he had established himself as an architect was the son of a master.
Ludwig mies van der rohe german born american architect whose rectilinear forms crafted in elegant simplicity epitomized the international style of architecture.
March 27 1886 august 17 1969 was a german american architect.
The cantilevered seat and the back of the original chairs were upholstered in white kid leather with welt and button details.
Regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of architecture ludwig mies van der rohe s less is more approach to design was the gold standard for many generations of modern architecture.